I have mixed feelings about the gig. God Bless Our Dead Marines was truly fantastic, the next song (I didn't know it but I dont think it was new) was really good as was the first new one (punks in the palace). But then I wasnt too keen on the other old one I didnt know (American somethingorother) and the million died to make this sound one, although, better than a lot of other stuff, didnt sound very new if you know what I mean, the whole repeat a line in harmony and then get Efrim to sing over it before it gets load thing has been done by then before but it was still a nice song and if they had ended there I would have been happy. But then they played ring out the bells... which is my least favourite song on Horses In The Sky and just went on for far too long. Overall a good gig but perhaps not as good as I had expected.

God Bless Our Dead Marines
Takes these hands and throw them in the river
Blind Blind Blind (new one)
American Motor Over a Smoldered Feild
A Million Died To Make This Sound (new one)
Ring Them Bells (Freedom has come and gone)

Encore: There's a River in the Valley Made of Melting Snow

It was amazing, great 'banter' and not too much talking. The new songs are very good, especially Blind Blind Blind.

where in the chorus he whines "Bliiiiinnd Blliiiind Bliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind". I have trouble beleiving it's the same band that wrote god bless our dead marines. Blind is just so dull, and whiny, and... Am I the only one to hate it?

Didn't enjoy the gig as much as I enjoyed them in Nottingham on Saturday. Obviously, the 'wow' factor of seeing a band for the first time in a long time wasn't there, but there were other reasons too.

The sound in Koko was nowhere near as good as it was in Nottingham: Efrim's voice was waaay to high in the mix whilst everyone else's was waaay too low. And all the instruments blurred into a big, middly mass in the crescendos.

The 10pm curfew in Nottingham meant a shorter set though, and less of Efrim's banter- which was excellent last night.

The set last night was (I think)...

God Bless Our Dead Marines
Take These Hands and Throw Them In The River
Blind Blind Blind
American Motor Over Smouldered Field
One Million Died To Make This Sound
Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)
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There's A Valley In The River Made of Melting Snow

which is pretty different to Nottingham, where they played nothing pre-Horses...

God Bless Our Dead Marines
Mountains Made of Steam
Blind Blind Blind
Teddy Roosevelt's Guns
Ring Them Bells (Freedom Has Come and Gone)
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One Million Died to Make This Sound

I enjoyed BHP last night when they weren't sounding like The Magic Numbers.
The saw was overused imho and you couldn't hear the actual sound of the bowing action- which is what gives the musical saw that organic quality which makes it so special.